Today’s News

All the Roadrunning

Mark Knopfler’s recent output has been patchy to say the least. Indeed his last album could be summed up in one, maybe two words, and the second one is ”rubbish”. However last year my friend the Tomahawk Kid sent me an album by Knopfler and Emmylou Harris. I simply love this song which is the title track [...]

Communication Skills (2)

Another gem from the pet emporium yesterday.
Customer - “I’d like a dog coat please”
Assistant - “Certainly, which size?”
Customer - (apparently taken aback by the question) ”Do they come in different sizes?”

Comedy Gold - Bob Newhart

I’m not sure of the actual date of this quite brilliant piece of stand -up comedy by Bob Newhart but I’d guess at about 40 years old. I remember hearing this as a primary school kid because one of my more hip teachers was into him. It is an imaginary telephone conversation between Sir Walter Raleigh [...]